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Affiliate
Office: Diocesan Human Life Committee
(Diocese of Bombay)
Director: Dr. Jeanette Pinto
Address: Diocesan Human Life Committee
(Archdiocese of Bombay)
Archbishop’s House
21 N. Parekh Marg
Mumbai – 400 001
INDIA
Phone/Fax: Telephone: 91-22-202-1093
Fax: 91-22-281-5762
E-mail: dhlc@bom2.vsnl.net.in
Additional Info: “Located in the Archdiocese
of Bombay, the Diocesan Human Life Committee works to promote
the culture of life by offering awareness programs on various
aspects of human sexuality to parishes, parish councils, deaneries,
and the diocese’s section of the Conference of Religious
of India (women). The Committee regularly submits articles on
pro-life topics to the archdiocesan weekly newspaper, The Examiner.
It also sponsors an annual Pro-Life Day, an essay competition,
and in November 1999 began publication of a pro-life newsletter,
To Celebrate Life!. A resource kit consisting of The Cathechism
of the Catholic Church, Humanae Vitae, and Evangelium Vitae has
been developed for Committee members.”
Additional
Office:
Affiliate Office: Respect For Life India,
C/o Good
Shepherd Convent
Director: Sr. M. Annunciata, RGS
Address: Respect For Life India,
C/o Good Shepherd Convent,
Museum Road, Bangalore
560025, India
Phone/Fax: Telephone: 91-80-2224-6806
E-mail: respectlifeindia@hotmail.com
Website: www.geocities.com/respectforlifeindia
Additional
Office:
Affiliate Office: Respect Life Centre
Director: Fr. Philip Roque D'Souza
Address: Respect Life Centre
Kajubag, Karnataka
Karwar 581-301
Uttara Kannada
India
Phone: 91-83-822-203-91
E-mail:
rlckwr@sancharnet.in
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- Activities
- HLI India - Respect
for Life Centre
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Seminars on pro-life and pro-family issues in villages and
schools in accordance with Roman Catholic doctrine.
+ Marriage preparation courses, including on natural
family planning.
+ Administration of a crisis pregnancy center, and coordination
with government agencies to provide further assistance in
crisis pregnancy cases.
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- Country
Profile
Population: 1,065,070,607 (July 2004 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate: 57.92 deaths/1,000
live births (2004 est.)
Total Fertility Rate: 2.85 children born/woman
(2004 est.)
2.91 children born/woman (2003 est.)
Religions: Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian
2.3%,
Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain,
Parsi 2.5% (2000)
Abortion Law Status: Abortion on
demand under the law.
Sources include the CIA World Factbook,The
Facts of Life, 2nd
edition and Abortion Policies: A Global Review by the
UN Population Division.
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